Improvement in side-saddle trees



J. R. GATHRIGHT. Side-Saddle Tree.

No. 222,890. Patented Dec. 23,1879.

N-FrERS. FHOTO-LITHOGRAPMER. WASHINGTON, D. C-

'UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

JOHN R. GATHRIGHT, OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SIDE-SADDLE TREES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,890, dated December 23, 1879; application filed October 3, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN R; GATHRIGHT, of the city of J effersonville, county of Clark, and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Trees for Side-Sad dies; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanyin g drawings, which form a part of this specification. Y

The object of my invention is to construct a stronger and more durable tree than those heretofore in use, and to have greater uniformity in shape, making them easier to trim in quantities, because requiring but one fitting of stock for any number.

To accomplish these ends I provide the concave perforated cantle B B, Figure 1, with the extension G and broad or off horn D, also the fork X for the front of the tree, formed of the bars a a a and b b b and their cross-connections, (see Fig. 2,) together with the rim K K for the little horn, all of cast metal, and adapted to operate as hereinafter described.

The wooden bars A A and A A may be of any known style adapted to receive the metal parts by having their upper surfaces shaped to correspond to the under surfaces of the castings at points of contact.

The illustration shows the improvements fitted to Texas or Spanish bars.

The seat-curves of the bars are made to conform to the convex side of the concave iron seat, which is bolted down upon them.

The seat or cantle B B has a back springextension, 0, and horn D connected with it, and a tongue or projection, H, is cast upon the inside edge of the born to engage between the cross-bars M and N on the iron fork, whereby the off horn and extension are rigidly sustained and the two parts united.

i It will be seen in Figs. 1 and 2 that I have devised an iron fork to fasten and hold securely in place the front ends of the wooden bars A A and A A, which is necessary to keep the tree in shape. Letter X, Fig. 1, represents this fork, which is, preferably, an open frame, composed of bars a a a and b, b, and 11 straight or horizontal in their central section, and bent down at each end (three and a half inches, more or less) to conform to and embrace the outer faces of the bars A and A, to which they are bolted or secured in any desirable way. A block, E, is wedged between these bars a and b and nailed to the wood bars A and A, to fill the open space and to afford a material for tacking to in trimming the tree.

To the fork X, and, preferably, cast solidly with it, is added the skeleton iron frame K K, to form the little or near horn. On the inside face of this frame K K a rabbet extends around, with which a block, E, is fitted, and the spikes d d, cast on the frame just above the rabbet, are bent down upon the wood and secure it firmly in place. The outer face of this horn shows a beaded iron rim, rounding into the wooden block E, thus affording, without extra expense in the tree, the raised edges to the horn, which could only be afforded heretofore in expensive saddles. The-bars a, b and a b of the fork may be blended into onestrong bar.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a tree for side-saddles, the concave perforated iron cantle B B, the extension 0, and horn D, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a tree for side-saddles, the concave perforated iron cantle B B, extension 0, and horn D, in combination with iron fork X, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a tree for side-saddles, the iron cantle B 13, extension 0, horn D, fork X, and hornrim K K, combined and operating substantially as herein shown and described.

4. In a tree for side-saddles, the fork X, having horizontal central section, a. b, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. In a tree for side-saddles, the iron fork X, adapted to receive wooden block, substantially as herein shown and described.

6. In a tree for side-saddles, the skeleton iron horn K K, adapted to receive the wooden block E, substantially as herein shown and described.

7. In a tree for side-saddles, the skeleton iron horn K K, provided with spikes d (1, substantially as herein shown and described.

8. In a tree for side-saddles, the combination of the bars A and A, perforated concave iron cantle B B, extension 0, horn D, fork X, and skeleton-horn K K, substantially as herein shown and described.

J. R. GATE RIGHT.

Witnesses:

G. W. BRADEN, T. N. MORDUE. 

